Hair curler or hair wave winder



March 7, 1933. F s H N 1,900,373

HAIR CURLER OR HAIR WAVE WINDER Filed Oct. 8, 1952 INVENTOR Fran/f s j Patented Mar. 7, 1933 UNITED STATES FRANK snnnine, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK HAIR 0113mm 03 HAIR WAVE wmnER Application filed October 8, 1932. Serial No. 636,800.

My invention relates to improvements in hair curlers or hairwave winders, which are to be employed for finger wavewin'ding or water wave winding;

i One of the objects of invention is to produce a perfected hair curler or hair wave winder which may be removed from the hair immediately after a curl or hair Wave is formed without disturbing the latter (curl or hair wave).

Heretofore curling sticks have. been left A in the curls until after the hair has been dried, thereby necessitating the use of a large number of curlers. g

My invention enables the operator to use only one curler, which may be made in two or more sections'symmetrically arranged,

for making all the curls in succession.

The hair without the curling sticks may be placed more closely together, whereby more curls may be formed; drying of the hair-is also accelerated by the absence of curling sticks in the hair.

Another object of my invention is to facilitate the removing of the hair curler or hair wave winder from the hair.

A further object of my invention. is to have my improved hair-curler or hair wave winder formed in multiple sections, which may be readily assembled and provided with a means for detachably connecting the sections to each other. 7.

A still other object of my invention is to provide the assembled sections of my hair curler or hair wave winder with a means for readily disconnecting them from each other. Another object ofmy invention is to have the sections of my hair curler or hair wave winder provided with a means for preventing relative rotation of said sections on each other when assembled.

A further object of my invention is to have my improved hair curler or hair wave r winder compact, simple, durable and comparatively inexpensive.

Other objects and advantages will hereinafter appear. I

- I attain these objects by the hair curler or hair wave winder, one form of which is ill lustrated in the accompanying drawing, or

notched end18 of the rod 15.

by any mechanical equivalent or obvious modlfication of the same. I

In the drawing Fig. 1 is a section in a I plane passing through the axis of. my hair curler or hair wave winder, and showing- 35 sundry parts in elevation.

Fig. 2 is an end view looking from left to right in Fig. 1. I v h 'Fig. 3 is a top. plan view of my hair curler or hair wavewinder, shown in Fig. 1. 3

Fig. A is a detail in bottom plan view of the clutch rod, which is shown in. Fig. 1 and which is hereinafter described.

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the clutch pawl which isshown in Fig. 1 and which is im hereinafter described. 7 I 7 Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views.

11 and 12 designate two hollow sections of my hair curler or hair wave winded-,5 which terminate at their outer ends in hubs 13 and 14 respectively.

A clutch rod 15 fits the interior of said sections 11 and 12 and is shown as having one part thereof connected to said section 12 by means of a rivet 16. 1

Another part of the clutch rod 15 extends into the hub. 13 and is provided with a tapered portion 17 on the end thereof and with .a saw tooth shaped notch 18 near the 30 end thereof. The notched end of said rod 15 forms substantially a rack.

A clutch pawl 19 isshown asflpositioned in said hub 1 3 and pivotally connected thereto by means of a pin 20. Thepawl 19 is tapered at the inner end thereof and has thereon near theinner end thereof a. saw tooth 21, which is disposed to engage the end of said rod15- at said notch 18.

The tapered portion 17 onthe endofsaid-BO rod 15 is disposed to slide on the'tapered end of said saw tooth 21 when thesections 11 and 12 of my hair curler or hair wave winder are brought together, thereby turning said pawl 19,0n the pin 20 until the notched end 18 on said rod 15 is brought into engagement with'said saw tooth 21. f

A torsional spring 22 serves to keep said sawtooth 21- in engagement with said 5 The outer end 19 of said pawl 19 extends outwardly from said hub 13, to be manipulated by the operator for releasing the clutch, as is evident from Fig.- 1 of the drawing. The pawl 19 is then turned in a clockwise direction in Fig. 1 against theforce of the spring 22, which may be initially stressed, until the saw tooth 21 is removed from the notched end 18 of the rod 15, whereupon the sections 11 and 12 of my hair curler or hair wave winder may be separated by moving them in opposite directions lengthwise the axis thereof.

, To connect the two sections of my hair curler or hair wave winder the protruding tapered end ofthe rod 15 on the section 12 is inserted into the corresponding end of the 'hollow section 11 and the two sections moved towards each other with relation to 'each other until the saw tooth 21 on the pawl '19 snaps into the notch 18 on the rod 15 under the influence of the spring 22.

To prevent rotation of the sections 11 and 12 of my hair curler or hair wave winder with relation to each other I provide a jaw clutch 24 at the inner ends of the twosections 11 and 12. This clutch is formed by a semicylindrical extension on each of said sections, disposed to fit each other as shown in Fig. 1. Each of the sections 11 and 12 is tapered and the surface thereof is. curved lengthwise thereof; the taper on the sections is provided 'to facilitate the removal of each section from the curl or hair wave after the latter is formed, and the curvature on the outer surface is provided to improve the shape and appearance of the curl or hair wave. I The operation of my improved hair curler or hair wave winder is as follows:

After connecting the sections 11 and 12 to each other into an assembled hair curler, as hereinbefore described, the ends of a part of the hair are wound around the middle portion of the assembled hair curler formed by the connected sections 11 and 12 in planes positioned transversely to the axis of said sections until a curl is completed; whereupon the sections 11 and 12 are disconnected from each other, as hereinbefore described, and moved lengthwise of the axis thereof in directions opposite to each other out of the newly formed curl which is made self sustaining by means of hair pins; the sections 11 and 12 are thereupon again connected to each 'otherand employed to form another curl; the operation is repeated until all the required curls are formed.

Instead of connecting the two sections of my hair curler or hair wave winder by .mainvscope of my invention and parts of my invention m'y'be used without other parts. I I

I do not, therefore, restrict myself to the details as showninthe drawing; but I intend to include also all mechanical equivalents and obvious modifications of the same within the scope of my invention.

I claim'as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patents:

1; A hair'curler or hair wave winder comprising multiple sections, pawl and rack engaging means, for detachably connecting said sections to each other, and a pawl disengaging meansfor readily disconnecting said sections from each other, whereby the sections of said hair curler or hair wave winder may be removed from a curl when the latter is completed and the curler employed to successively wind a num- N her of curls.

2. A hair curler or hair wave winder comprising multiple sections, spring actuated pawl and rack engaging means for detach-- ably connecting said sections to each other and a lever actuated pawl disengaging means for readily disconnecting said sections from each other, whereby the sections of said hair curler or hair wave winder may be removed from a curl when the latter is 4. A hair curler or hair wave winder comprising multiple sections having therein each a bore in the interior thereof, a rodfitting the bores in said sections, thereby keeping them in alignment with each other,

said rod being secured to one of said sections and having thereon a part which ex-' tends into and passes through the bore of another of said sections, said part being notched on the end thereof, thereby forming a rack, a pawl, pivotally connected to said other section in engagement with said rack, a means for disengaging said pawl from said rack and a resilient means for keeping said pawl in engagement with said rack. v

5. The elements of claim 4: and two of said sections being provided with a two part jaw clutch, each of said two sections having thereon one of the parts of said jaw clutch, thereby preventing relative rotation therebetween.

6. A hair curler or hair wave winder comprising multiple sections having therein each a bore in the interior thereof, a rod fitting the bores in said sections, thereby keeping them in alignment with each other, said rod being secured to one of said sections and having thereon a part which extends into and passes through the bore of another of said sections, said part having a tapered outer end and said part being notched, thereby forming a rack, a pawl pivotally connected to said other section in engagement with said rack, a tapered inner end on said pawl, disposed to be moved by the tapered end on said part when said sections are being brought together, thereby turning said pawl on the pivot thereof until said rack is brought into engagement with said pawl, and a means for disengaging said pawl from said rack.

7. The elements of claim 4:, said resilient means comprising an initially stressed torsional spring connected at one end thereof to said other section and at the other end thereof to said pawl.

8. A hair curler or hair wave winder comprising multiple sections having therein each a bore in the interior thereof, a rod fitting the bores in said sections, thereby keeping them in alignment with each other, said rod being secured to one of said sec tions and having thereon a part which extends into and passes through the bore of another of said sections, a means for detachably connecting the end of said rod to said other section and a means for disconnecting said rod from said other section at the will of the operator.

9. The elements of claim 4 and a hollow hub on said other section for housing therein said rack and said pawl.

FRANK SEHRING. 

